"White Sound" by Wassily Kandinsky
This watercolor & acrylic painting art lesson is
inspired from a painting called “White Sound.”
This lesson could be used with
students 2nd through 5th grade.
Benchmark: Visual Arts K-3: 0.2.1.5.1
4/5:
4.1.3.5.2
Art history, visual arts, and music
Concepts: Abstract
painting with watercolors and acrylics
Vocabulary: Abstract
art, primary and secondary colors, tints, watercolor wash, acrylics
Materials:
- Digital image of Kandinsky’s White Sound
- Piano music: for example The Piano Guys
- 9” x 12” 90 lb. watercolor paper
- 9” x 12” white sulphite paper
- Liquid watercolors
- Brushes
- Acrylic paints
- Wax paper pallets
- Water cups
- Paint shirts
Anticipatory Set:
New image for discussion and painting
Procedure: We
begin class with a facilitated discussion about the painting: White Sound by Wassily
Kandinsky. The Visual Thinking
Strategies, VTS approach uses a series of questions that help children with observation
and listening skills to learn more from one another about art.
Project the digital image of Kandinsky’s White Sound on the smart board or a projection
screen. Allow the students a minute to
look at the painting without comment.
Then invite the children to share what they see in the painting. Some questions that would work well with this
painting:
- What do you see in the painting?
- What colors are in the painting?
- Do you notice any shapes in the painting?
- What thoughts do you think the artist had as he painted this painting?
- The painting is called White Sound—does that give you any ideas about the painting?
- What is white sound? what does it sound like?
- What is abstract art?
The
dictionary definition of Abstract:
Fine Arts.
a.
of or
pertaining to
the formal
aspect of
art, emphasizing lines, colors,
generalized or geometrical forms, etc., especially with
reference to
their relationship to one another.
b.
(often initial capital letter
) pertaining to
the nonrepresentational
art styles of the 20th
century.
This VTS discussion is short—5-7 minutes to allow the
children to get active with the making of art.
Watercolor Wash
Demonstrate to the children using long even strokes for the
watercolor wash. Children create a
watercolor wash over a piece of 9” x 12” watercolor paper while listening to piano music. Then allow the papers to dry. If children
finish quickly, have additional sulphite paper ready for painting.
Next week, add the acrylic paints.
Primary Colors and White
2nd week—Take a second look at the Kandinsky painting. Ask the children to share any details in the
painting. What additional details do
they see? Their answers may involve the
color choices, the lines or patterns that they see. Each student will receive red, yellow, blue,
and white paint on wax paper. They will get their watercolor paintings back to
paint on with acrylic paints. Pass out a
paint shirt for each student.
Acrylic paints mixed on palette
Demonstrate the double loading technique of taking a dab of
one color of paint and with the same brush adding a second color to the brush
to create tints and secondary colors. Refer to the color wheel to show a visual
of color mixing. Then allow the children
to explore and create an abstract painting.
Allow them to create as piano music is playing.
Watercolor and Acrylic Painting
Painting with different types of music may inspire the children with different types of art. Enjoy the process.
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